Now, GNDU to recognise equivalent degrees, courses from other varsities

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 16

Approval to new courses in colleges, discontinuation of a few and changes in syllabi were the key decisions taken during academic council meeting held on Tuesday at Guru Nanak Dev University. Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, GNDU, cleared the process of recognition of equivalent degrees and courses from the new session onwards.

Master of Computer Application degree passed under Distance Education Mode from Kurukshetra University will now be equivalent to Master of Computer Application degree of this university. Class XII examinations passed from various countries, which has been received through ICCR under scholarship scheme for admission to higher courses, have also been approved at the meeting.

Degrees at undergraduate, postgraduate levels and postgraduate diplomas awarded through Open and Distance Learning mode (ODL) by the various statutory universities/institutions (within its territorial jurisdiction) in conformity with the UGC specification of degrees, 2014, and approval given by the UGC-DEB/erstwhile DEC for the particular session will be recognised as equivalent to the corresponding degrees and postgraduate diplomas offered through conventional mode of the varsity.

The council also approved the degree of B Com (business studies) done through distance education mode from Annamalai University to seek admission in LLB of this university. The nutrition-related subjects studied in Bachelor of Food Science & Technology (hons) degree from GNDU will now be recognised as equivalent to the subject of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics (vocational) studied in BA/BSc degree. Similarly, B Lib and Information Science and M Lib and Information Science degrees passed under Distance Education Mode from Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, will be recognised as equivalent to B Lib and Info Science and M Lib and Information Science degree of GNDU. The meeting also recommended the LLB (five-year integrated course) passed under regular mode from the varsity be recognised as equivalent to LLB (three-year course) of the university.

The meet recommended that the candidate concerned is eligible to take admission in MBA on the basis of having passed B Com through Directorate of Distance Education mode (ODL) from University of Jammu, Jammu.

BSc degree passed along with subjects of English, Punjabi, computer science, economics, mathematics/ quantitative techniquies or any other subjects as per combination prescribed by the university be recognised at par with BA of this university.